ERINELLA. 303 



in the absence of the differentiated bristle-like, marginal 

 hairs, and lanceolate paraphyses, and from Dasyscypha in 



th" 3-many-septate spores. 



Growing on herbaceous stems and wood. 



Erinella apala. Mass. 



Closely gregarious or rarely scattered, stipitate, at first 

 piriform and closed, gradually expanding until almost plane, 

 thin, about j mm. broad, disc pale, externally fawn-colour, 

 pilose, as is also the very short stem, hairs cylindrical, obtuse, 

 minutely rough, straight, pale amber below, apex whitish, 

 50-80 X 4-5 /x ; cortex parenchymatous, cells irregularly 

 hexagonal, 7-8 X 4 fx, yellowish ; asci subcylindrical, apex 

 obtuse, 8-spored ; spores hyaline, filiform, straight or slightly 

 bent, 3-7-septate at maturity, 35-45 x 1*5 fx, arranged in a 

 paralcle fascicle in the ascus ; paraphyses lanceolate, apex 

 acute, longer than the asci, hyaline, 4-5 /x at the widest 

 part. 



Peziza apala, Berk. & Broome, Ann. Nat. Hist., n 5C1 

 (1851). 



Lachnella apala, Phil., Brit. Disc, p. 253. 



Dasyscyplia juncicola, Fuckel, Symb. Myc, p. 305 (1869-70). 



Erinella juncicola, Eehm, Krypt.-Flor., Disc, p. 911, 

 figs. 1-4, p. 8(57. 



Erinella liapala, Sacc, Syll., viii. n. 2099. 



Erinella juncicola, Sacc, Syll., viii. n. 2098. 



On dead stems of species of Jancus. 



Distinguished by the long, filiform spores, which are at 

 first continuous, and finally multiseptate. 



Berkeley's type of Peziza apala examined, also Syd., Myc, 

 March., n. 665. 



Erinella Nylanderi. Eehm, Krypt.-Flora, Disc, p. 910 

 Scattered or gregarious, sessile, at first closed, then 

 becoming plane with the margin slightly upraised, 1-2 mm. 

 across, disc greyish or reddish-grey, externally yellow with 

 a tinge of green, villose, hairs crowded, straight, septate, 

 cylindrical, rather pointed or blunt, thin-walled, often 

 minutely rough, very pale greenish-yellow, 80-150 x 4-5 /x; 

 cortex parenchymatous ; asci clavate, apex rather narrowed, 

 8-spored ; spores irregularly 2-seriate, becoming almost 



